Where does “beguilty” come from?

beguilty (English) comes from English guilty, from Middle English gilty, from Old English gyltiġ, from Old English gylt, from Lithuanian gulti, from Proto-Kartvelian gwel- — snake.

beguilty (English): To render guilty; burden with a sense of guilt

Definitions

  1. To render guilty; burden with a sense of guilt

Ancestry of “beguilty”, step by step

beguilty traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English guilty

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishguiltyResponsible for a dishonest act; Judged to have...
2Middle Englishgiltyguilty
3Old Englishgyltiġoffending, guilty
4Old Englishgyltguilt
5Lithuaniangultilie, lie down; fall ill, sick; wilt, droop
6Proto-Kartveliangwel-snake

via English Be

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishBeAs an auxiliary verb
2Middle EnglishbeAlternative form of been; Alternative form of...
3Old EnglishbēoI become, I will be, I am; bee
4Proto-West Germanic*bijābee
5Proto-Germanicbijōbee
6Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰī-to hit, to pierce
Every word from Proto-Kartvelian gwel- →Every word from Lithuanian gulti →Every word from Old English gylt →